WARM SEASON ANNUAL FLOWERS for San Joaquin Valley Gardens

UC Master Gardeners of Tulare & Kings Counties

IMPATIENS (Impatiens walleriana): Americas favorite shade bedding plant.
Summer-long color. Available in red, pink, white, coral, orange, and bicolors.
Low, mounded habit.
Impatiens is an excellent choice for containers and hanging baskets, for edging
paths and borders, at the foundation, and for bedding. It is most effective
planted in masses. Combine the colorful flowers of impatiens with ferns, ivy,
hostas, coral bells, and other shade loving plants with outstanding foliage.

Impatiens: Tempo Deep Pink

Impatiens: Super Elfin Blue Pearl

Recommended varieties: The Super Elfin series offers a huge range of

colors on compact plants bred for bedding. The New Guinea group of hybrid
impatiens has flowers up to 2 inches wide and attractive leaves that can be
variegated or tinged with purple. They tolerated more sun than other impatiens.

MARIGOLDS (Tagetes hybrids): Annual; hot, brilliant colors; abundant summer-long bloom; good for bedding and edging.
These versatile plants attract butterflies and bring long-lasting bright color to the garden. Easy to grow these Mexican natives vary in height from 6 dwarfs to
bushy plants 3 tall. Tall varieties may need staking. Marigolds prefer moist, well-drained soil but tolerate many other soil types. Deadhead for maximum bloom.
Recommended Varieties: French marigold, Tagetes patula, is 6-8 high with single or double flowers; Bonanza Bolero has crested blossoms bicolored in red
and yellow on 10 plants. Signet marigold, T. tenuifolia, is 12-24 tall and edible with dainty, single flowers and ferny, aromatic leaves. Mexican mint marigold, T.
lucida, is edible and grows up to 3 high and wide with single yellow flowers and licorice-scented leaves. Do not use chemicals on flowers grown for eating.
African marigold, T. erecta, is 1-3 tall with double, zinnialike heads.

Granada French Marigold- T. patula

Signet marigold - T. tenuifolia

Mexican mint marigold T. lucida

African hybrids - T. erecta

GLORIOSA DAISIES AND BLACK-EYED SUSANS (Rudbeckia species): Annuals or perennials; zones 3-10; golden yellow daisies with a dark brown center;
excellent for cutting; blooms summer to fall.
Growers have developed many attractive selections of this North American wildflower, ranging from 1 to 8 tall. Rays can be single or double in gold or lemon
yellow; the centers vary from dark brown to purplish-brown or green.

Gloriosa daisy
Rustic colors- Rudbeckia hirta

Gloriosa daisy
Irish Eyes R. hirta

Gloriosa daisy
Sonora R. hirta

Goldsturm Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia fulgida - perennial

Globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosa

Larkspur
Consolida ambigua

Nasturtium
Tropaeolulm sp.

Vinca
Catharanthus roseus

PETUNIAS - Petunia x hybrida: Annual; prolific; myriad of colors; trailing habit; valuable groundcover. Wave, Surfinia & Supertunia series are popular now.

Petunia MOONFACE

Surfinia petunia

Purple Wave Petunia

Tidal Wave Silver

ZINNIAS: Annual; brilliant flowers on bush plants; attract songbirds, hummingbirds, and butterflies; good cut flowers; forms can be upright, bushy or spreading.

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans

Peter Pan hybrids - Zinnia elegans

dwarf bedding series

Lilliput mix (Z. elegans)

Profusion Apricot & Profusion Fire

Z. angustifolia x elegans

Profusion Apricot
Z. angustifolia x elegans

Old Mexico Zinnia

Z. haageana

Mexican Zinnia
Z. angustifolia 'Star Series' white